The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 187,
the basement of < Placebo >.
I was going down through the damp stairs.
[It doesn’t feel right,]
Set murmured.
[It’s not dangerous, it’s very… …I think I’ll see something unpleasant.]
‘It’s highly likely.’
The lower I went, the stronger the feeling started to grow.
My intuition, forged in the process of going through all kinds of hell before returning, was telling me that.
To be honest, I came here with some expectations.
Currently, something is strange about Malien.
I heard roughly the information from Daedalus. Originally, Malien was a city governed by a council composed of a number of representatives.
However, Kellibos intervened in the middle, and in the process the balance of the assembly was disturbed.
To borrow the expression of Daedalus, it seems that a ‘traitor’ has been created.
But the strange thing is… ….
‘The council of Malien, which has such a long history that it was named the oldest city, was divided in vain?’
this is weird
If Malien is swallowed up by the noble families of the Empire, it is only natural that the freedom of the city will be restricted and the existing citizens will lose many of their rights.
But the history is colorless.
Malien fell into the hands of Kelliboss in a really short time.
Of course I already know of guys who can do this.
demon lord.
Aren’t they the ones who almost swallowed even the church?
It wouldn’t have been difficult for them to make Malien that way.
Yes, if the devil was involved… ….
They’re very convenient.
Most suspicious things are related to them.
‘Well, since it’s gotten to this point, mankind has suffered in vain.’
little by little… ….
He uses people’s good intentions and bad intentions to make it difficult for even Pia to identify them.
blended in that way.
‘Even if you clean it, there is no end to it.’
Besides, in the end, no matter what you do, the demon god is destined to descend… ….
Seriously, what kind of fucking fate is this?
[Mikhail.]
“…Oh, have you already arrived?”
When I came to my senses, I was at the end of the stairs, in the basement.
One of Sanson’s men who came with him said with a sullen grin.
“Hehe, he’s also the captain. I knew you would come with me.”
“What’s in here?”
“What is it, chief? Why the hell are you pretending not to know? How many times have you used the ingredients?”
…wrote?
How did it get worse?
He looked at me with eyes that said something was strange, but I didn’t care and continued to ask.
“What is that material?”
“No, of course you mean that ‘stone’. Honestly, it would be really nice if I could use something else, but I think that would be too much… ….”
The guy who said that looked at me suspiciously.
“…But really, why?”
Are there any limits to what it means to go over to suggestion?
Well, since I didn’t care at all, it’s strange that I didn’t have any doubts.
“Okay. Why are you doing this?”
“What is that….”
“For now, you grow up a bit.”
“What a dog-like cow….”
The improvised sleep magic knocked him down.
I briefly summarized the situation.
First of all, something beyond here seems to be the main source of funding for < Placebo >… ….
What is the true nature of this funding line?
It will never be the proud kind. To begin with, there’s no way this guy would say something like that if he was proud.
“Well, for now….”
It wasn’t that difficult to unlock, so I unlocked the door with a simple unlocking magic.
Then, with calm eyes, he climbed through the open door and entered inside.
As soon as I entered, I heard a voice.
“What is it, Sampson? You said you went to the old man, are you already here?”
“What is it?”
Of course, there was a guard waiting at the door in front.
However, there was no sign of doubting whether this ‘Samson’ had been here once or twice.
[Uhm….]
Set sniffed, frowning, sniffing the surroundings.
[…] …After all, I don’t feel good.]
I said to the guard, agreeing with the set’s words.
“You’re going to use ‘that’ today, aren’t you?”
“of course. It’s a production plant, so it doesn’t make sense that it doesn’t exist.”
He giggled and pointed his finger behind him.
There was a passage behind it, and a bright red tent covered the inside.
furthermore.
‘It’s a barrier. It seems to be blocking the inside quite elaborately.’
It’s something you have to check yourself.
Whatever it is, it’s not intimidating or sophisticated enough to help me.
“Hey, don’t stay too long. know? The longer you wait, the better it tastes.”
“know. I will stay in moderation.”
I replied with something roughly like ‘Sampson’ and went inside.
As Sett said, it seems that there is something quite strange about the numbness of the skin from before.
With such thoughts, the scene revealed through the tilted tent… ….
“…under.”
I frowned at the unexpected sight. The set also reacted similarly to mine.
[What is this…?]
Like that.
What was revealed in front of both of us.
[…] …Mine?]
Yes, it was a mine.
But it’s not just a mine.
“This….”
Heterogeneous people scattered around with soulless expressions.
And the ores that shed light and sucked their life force.
“Fuck.”
I knew right away.
here is….
It is a life-eating mine.
* * *
“Hee hee hee….”
With a face of ecstasy, thick saliva flows from his mouth.
Everyone in this place was of the opposite sex and didn’t exist.
I’m just struggling in delusions that don’t even exist… ….
It’s a disgusting sight.
“What the fuck.”
Suddenly, a harsh sound escapes from your mouth.
Know.
What this goddamn sight means and what the ‘ore’ that sucks people’s life force out means.
[Aren’t those anti-life stones?]
“…that’s right.”
anti-life stone.
Like any other object, it is not very dangerous if you look at it by itself.
Yes, just like any other stone.
However, if ‘certain conditions’ are met, the story is different.
for example.
The unique power possessed by demons.
Kelipot
itself has the property of calling malice and division, and responds well to anti-life stones.
From that moment on, the object that was an ordinary stone was born as an object against life as the name suggests.
‘…Could it be that this was being mass-produced here?’
I looked around.
Even though I suddenly opened the door and came in, no one in this room seemed to care about me.
As if he had lost his mind, he struggled in his fantasy and slowly dried up and died.
[Dangerous Mikhail…This is the kind that really shouldn’t be left as it is.]
“…know.”
Before the return, anti-lifestones were circulating quite a bit, so I thought there would be a means of supply.
‘Perhaps Qliphoth had a hallucinogenic effect? It must have had the power to regenerate the desired delusion.’
The different races now scattered here must be in a very sweet dream. the reality they wanted.
Being trapped in an illusion, life force is being taken away step by step.
The reason Sampson’s men wanted to go here must have been to inhale this Qliphoth’s smoke for a while.
these by themselves.
Above all else, there is nothing different from the ecstatic drug.
“…Tsk.”
When I thought about that, I felt annoyed.
After all, this is no different from a farm farmed by the devil.
Fertilizer is the heterogeneous people who are now scattered around here.
‘What a fucking thing.’
These guys were mass-producing anti-life stones by throwing in different races as materials.
Of course, the anti-life stone itself would not have been exposed to the outside world.
They don’t want to do anything with this right now.
They’ve become quite passive lately as I’ve been messing with their plans.
‘I’m sure he’ll release everything he’s prepared for the demon’s descent.’
This semi-life stone must also be one of those types.
It is to prepare for that day by making a huge amount without being seen from the outside.
…I can somehow understand this.
This is something I had already guessed.
The biggest problem is different.
That the anti-life stone mine would not be the only one.
‘How spread out is it? It’s a story that it’s been quite a while since something like this was created.’
Among the surrounding heterogeneous people, there were those who had already become helpless.
To say that it was that fast meant that a considerable amount of time had passed.
Even if I can’t, I’ll have to see how many years have passed.
‘…Of course, it should be considered related to Kelibos.’
“Well, for now.”
thud!
I lifted my staff and hit the floor.
Then, the energy of the World Tree swept over the staff and soon began to subtly cover the surroundings.
Certainly, anti-life stones are dangerous.
It was not related to Qliphoth for nothing.
Originally, it was never easy to organize something that had grown to this extent.
“That means not to me.”
The energy of the storm and the World Tree blended together.
After collecting about four divine objects, the divine power naturally possessed by each divine object increased beyond comparison.
Ugh.
The divine power began to form a certain form.
They were soon reconstituted with a set of rules.
It purifies Qliphoth’s miasma, which soon entered the huge mine.
“Uh um….”
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the different races scattered all over the place suddenly come to their senses.
The important thing is that Qliphoth’s miasma has been purified.
At least they won’t lose any more lives to the Anti-Life Stone.
After clearing the area, I slowly walked around and checked the condition of the mine.
[It’s an artificially created space. It seems that they have prepared meticulously for quite some time.]
“…Hmm.”
I picked up an anti-life stone that was rolling around and checked it here and there.
…Well, these things were mass-produced and there were a lot of them, so no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t catch up.
Isn’t there a difference in the most basic supply?
furthermore.
‘Here are the different races… ….’
It is literally used as ‘consumables’ for making anti-life stones.
Didn’t everyone originally live with freedom guaranteed on this land?
Even if that ‘freedom’ wasn’t perfectly ideal, it wouldn’t have been like this.
“It’s going well.”
It was time to mumble and explore the surroundings a bit more.
“what? What’s the situation here?!”
I turned my head at the voice I heard from behind.
A mean-looking middle-aged man was entering the mine with a distorted face.
“…hmm.”
As I stood quietly and stared at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man’s gaze turned directly to me.
“Hey you! Sampson! What did you do wrong? ”
“Why are you quarreling as soon as you come in? I didn’t do anything.”
“Do you think I fucking don’t know you guys come down to the basement and do some laundry here? But what is this! Everything you spread has disappeared!”
“…Hmm.”
I frowned and listened to his anger, then tried to ask him quietly.
…no it was
Let’s get rid of useless acting here.
“Are you the guild leader of < Placebo >?”
“you? no, you crazy bastard You to the guild leader?”
“Heh heh, you crazy bastard… ….”
I said with a small sigh.
“Yeah, I can tolerate calling me crazy. It’s true.”
“What are you saying…?”
I immediately summoned the staff and aimed at him.
There is no need to crouch at the point where you have already stopped acting.
I roared and shouted.
“But I can’t stand them calling me crazy!”
“What kind of place…Wow!”
Before he could even finish his words, the magic missiles of brilliant light flew towards him all at once.
